Abstract

This article enters into conversations about "care" among feminist and disability scholars through a qualitative study on the Ontario Direct Funding program. In some ways, the findings reflect Independent Living perspectives as the program and interactions between attendants and self-managers are positioned as "not care." Yet, there are areas that remain care, including associations with oppression, professionalism, medical and intimate needs, and people with intellectual disabilities. This alters theoretical conversations by demonstrating that Independent Living does not eliminate care, but rather moves it in attempt to highlight institutionalized histories, reduce oppressive potentials, and transform its meanings with varying degrees of success.

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